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Report: School Shootings Either Way Down Or Too Depressing For Media To Cover (www.theonion.com)
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Shedding light on the possible reasons for a dip in such news coverage, a report released Friday found that school shootings were either way down or too depressing for the media to cover. “Really, there are two possibilities here: It could be that there’s been some remarkable progress on getting guns out of the hands of potential school shooters, or it might be that journalists and editors all collectively decided the problem was too painful and intractable and turned away entirely,” read the report,

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[–] Nobody@lemmy.world 41 points 7 months ago

Corporate media collectively shapes reality. Feel free to bite this onion. It’s more real than most of the garbage you read these days in said corporate media.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

We're still hitting numbers like 7 mass shootings in one day (18th May 2024 - zip 63044,34235,31401,27320,60612,63103,43201), so I'm not sure it's reduced. A few days of at least 5 incidents in the same day, and 31March was an 8, so I worry it's actually increasing.

[–] SoylentBlake@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago

Safest time ever bro. The police just need another fuckbillion dollars and harriers and then crime disappear, totes.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Ah, guess it was the latter then.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 8 points 7 months ago

Americans adults refuse any regulations on their toys

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Option C: that frequent we're numb and it doesnt raise the viewing numbers.